NEWS AOL-Netscape Deal Goes Through!
The "may" turned into "has," as AOL and Netscape reached rapid agreement for the online service to acquire the browser company. Sun has a piece of the relationship, which also gives AOL a chunk of Network Computing. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
MS/DOJ: Weeks 6 & 7: "The Pissing Contest"
Rugs being jerked, pissing contests--is this a trial or a circus? Catch up on the last two week's drama and melodrama in our continuing coverage of the Trial of the 21st Century. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Nancy McPoland]
CDA II Enforcement On Hold
The Child Online Protection Act, signed into law November 19, won't be enforced until after February 1, 1999 due to a restraining order issued in a free-speech court challenge. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Nancy McPoland]
Dreamcast Selling Like a Dream
Sega's dreams come true as Japanese shoppers snap up all 150,000 units of its much anticipated Internet-enabled Dreamcast game console. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Voice Staff]
Gen3! WebTV Shows WinCE, Cable Modem at Cable Show
It's running Windows CE and it's "just a prototype," but the next-generation WebTV makes its public debut with a cable modem. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV Working On New Options for Spam WebTV continues is spam blocking, but is working on new ways to allow its users more control of email that they chose to receive. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
FEATURES Interactive Services "Click" With Cable Industry
The Western Cable Show displayed dozens of neat new services as the cable industry gears up for interactive TV. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
SOS: Savvy Online Shopping
Don't get taken while you're doing your holiday shopping, use WebTV Addict's guidelines to protect yourself--and your wallet. [Published 12/06/98, Written by WebTV Addict]
HTML Tags: Wax On, Wax Off
More enlightenment into home page building, as the Zen of HTML reveals how tags work in web pages. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Dudette]
Relatively Painless Online Holiday Shopping
How to beat the mall traffic jams and retain your sanity this holiday shopping season? Let Jeff Thomas demonstrate the delights of shopping online, where there's always plenty of parking space. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Jeff Thomas]
Introducing -- Sluggy Freelance!!
Take Riff, a brilliant young computer whiz whose wonderful inventions that don't quite work as planned, add his buddy, Torg, who can't seem to keep out of trouble, and spice with
their loyal but bewildered friend Zoë. Now mix in an adorable, sociopathic, switchblade-wielding mini-lop bunny. It's Sluggy Freelance, a daily comic by a member of our own community! [Published 12/06/98, Written by Pete Abrams]
Better Homes and Websites
Our goodies this time include a mouse and a cat, runes and bookmarks, an "hyesterical" site and a couple of very interesting holiday pages. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Nancy McPoland]
I Knew You Would Call
In 1998 Inphomation Communication Inc., operator of the Psychic Friends Network, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. There were unforseen circumstances. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Uncle Al Schwartz]
VOX POP -- Reader Opinions Question of the Week: Wrong Way - 1
Quite a number of our readers continued to comment on WebTV's direction and feel it's going the wrong way. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Wrong Way - 2
Quite a number of our readers continued to comment on WebTV's direction and feel it's going the wrong way. Here's the second group who felt that way. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Question of the Week: Right Way
We received some comments from users who feel that WebTV is headed in the right direction -- or, at least, who understand why they're going in the direction that they are. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Those Pesky Connections
One of WebTV's worst grades from the users came in the area of connection speed and reliability. We also hear about it [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
VoxComm: Spam Blocking
We continue to hear a lot about spam-blocking. Most of it is opposed to the extent that WebTV is blocking domains, but not all users disagree with the tactics. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Report Card: I Love My WebTV, ButÉ..
Many users expressed that they loved their WebTVs, but were concerned about certain problems and WebTV's keeping up in the future. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Report Card: I Truly Love My WebTV
There were indeed a number of users who expressed satisfaction with their WebTVs, and who often commented about the difference it had made in their lives. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
Report Card: Better Communications!!
In our WebTV Report Card comments, many users downgraded WebTV because of its lack of communication. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV in Medically Underserved Communities
From our VoxComm comes Ron Reddidk's explanation of how he is using WebTV to make a difference in some of the poorest communities. [Published 12/06/98, Written by Ron Reddidk]
WebTV Report Card: First Results and Sneak Peek!
Over 1,800 WebTV users have voted so far in our WebTV Report Card, and we've got interim results and a "sneak peek" into the live poll. If you haven't yet voted, please do, then watch this issue as the results come in! [Published 12/06/98, Written by Net4TV Voice]
WebTV continues is spam blocking, but is working on new ways to allow its users more control of email that they chose to receive.